There a Printable version of this without all the website fluff? I loved his book and used it to learn flash along with a few other websites.. but getting into the 600EX-RT has been a bit difficult from my old 580 EX just because of all the options and this seems to explain them quite well.

There a Printable version of this without all the website fluff? I loved his book and used it to learn flash along with a few other websites.. but getting into the 600EX-RT has been a bit difficult from my old 580 EX just because of all the options and this seems to explain them quite well.

Ill check it out. I went from 580 EX to 600. Few things I am not used to yet but this document cleared a lot of it up. Here is the document you linked in PDF form Digital Paradise. Its not perfect but has all the info.

Do you happen to know if if they can trigger each other in a long line? I have read that it has a reach of 30m, and what I have in mind for a special type of shot would require the possibility that the first one sets of the second which might be 30m further down, and maybe another 30m further down? (I have an idea of a portrait shot with a wide angle lens in a badly lit factory, where I would like to light a long way, to get a real sense of the depth).

Right now I have a 600 RT EX, a 580 ex II, and a 430 ex II and a ST - E2 to trigger them off. My dilemma is whether to sell my smaller flashes, and get several 600 plus the ST - E3, or if I should go for a pocket wisard solution for the flexibility?

A timely question, and an unpleasant one at that too, lol. However I feel I evolve all the time, and like to have the opportunities this then would present me with. At the same time as I am not forced to buy a bunch of 600, espescially now that one can get 580's quite cheap (given their discontinued status).

I was gearing up to get a 'strobist' set about a year ago, the one from Midwest audio. Couple of umbrellas, those cheap crappy manual flashes and a minimal PW setup. Guess what? It cost out to over $1k. Seemed like a lot for a, well, crummy manual flash setup. There were rumors of a Canon RF system so I waited, and I'm glad I did!

Now I've got three RF flashes, with these beautiful gel head attachments (no velcro), and a tiny low profile master unit. The whole setup cost more than the Strobist set, but it includes three flashes instead of two, is fully supported by my camera (ETTL, on Camera menus, Gel whitepoint communication, etc), and is smaller and way more trim than the Strobist set. Plus the flashes are way more capable.

Me too. Sold my Canon 580EX, 580EX II, Metz 58 AF-2, Yongnuo 560 and my Cybersyncs. No more cables, different flash menus to remember. Hurt a little financially but was worth it. I have never looked back.